Ship&#39;s hull



Nov. 15, 1938.

R. PAuLsEN 2,136,562

SHIP S HULL Filed Jan. 7, 1937 Irig.

INVENTO' REGINALD PAULEN BK/wemogg ATTORMpx/5i` "Pstenied Nov.j15,193`8 2,136,562

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE l Reginald Paulsen, slo, Norway Application January '1, 1937, serial No. 119,372 In Norway July 29, 1936 2 Claims. (Cl. 114-79) The present invention relates to improvements heads 6 are taken up by plates or girders 3 which in ship-hulls and it has for its object to provide are suitably fastened to the wall and extend at a reinforcing structure for the Walls of the ship right angles therefrom. Additional struts 4 are .such as shells, decks, bulk heads, tank tops, etc. provided by means of which a permanent conwhereby it will be possible to build such Walls nection may be established between the main from lighter material than heretofore and thus structure and said girders or plates. I preferably reduce the Weight of the hull accordingly. attain this by either providing. holes in said plates According to the invention I attain this object or girders through which the auxiliary struts 4 by providing a framing structure or truss which may pass. i

is secured to the parts to be reinforced and con- I claim: l0 structed and arranged to take up not only a sub- 1. A reinforcing wall structure for use in ship stantial portion of the pressure exerted against hulls comprising continuous longitudinal main the hull wall but also the longitudinal stresses struts extending lengthwise to the walls of the occurring therein. i hull, said struts being fastened to the walls at l5 The invention is illustrated in the accompany- Certain intervals and having their intermediate l5 ing drawing which shows, by Way of example, portions formed to extend at a distance from the seveial preferred l embodiments of reinforcing face of said walls, diagonal struts inserted bestructures and wherein Fig. 1 is a vertical eleva'- tween said main strut and the Wall of the hull tion showing schematically the reinforcing strucand connected t0 the main strut and the wall of 2o ture. Figy2 is a simiIar View 0f a, modied arthe hull to firmly maintain `the respective rela- 20 35 and arranged so that the various stresses to which rangement. Fig. 3 is a sectional view 0n line tonship between said Walls and struts, a plate at A--A of Fig. 1. Figl 4 is a sectional View on line each extremity of the individual main struts fas- C-C of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a, sectional View 0n line tened to the wall of the hull and extending at B B of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is aschematical view cf a right angles therefrom, openings in said plate, series `of longitudinal sections as applied to the and addtOIlal Struts passing through Said Open- 25 hull of a ship. i ings and connected at their free ends to the main Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughf Struik out the several views, 2. A reinforcing Wall structure for use in ship The reinforcing structure according to my 1nhulls COIIlpISl'lg` COlll'luOuS longitudinal main vention comprises a main strut I or a securely struts extending lengthwise to the walls of the 30 inter-locked series `of suchstruts extending in a hull, said struts being fastened to the walls at longitudinal direction in regard tothe hull, and certain intervals and having their intermediate a number 0f rigidly interconnected stifening lepoi-tions formed to extend at a distance from the ments 0r Struts 2, the Whole being constructed face of said walls, diagonal strutsl inserted be- C tween said main Vstrut and the Wall of the hull gg rllgnlxo 51233111 be distributed over and connected to the main strut and wall of the 'I'he main strut I is fastened at certain interhun to firmly m-amtam the respectwe r-elatiom vals to the plates of thehull and its interineshlp betweel Sald Wam im? Struts'. a glrder at 40 diate portions are bent to extend at a distance each extremlty of the mdlvldual mam struts fas' 40 therefrom. The stiffening struts 2 are arranged tened to the Wan of the hun and extending at to form diagonal braces between the main strut I right angles therefrom a' cover plate fixed t0 the and the Wan of the hun, as .clearly shown in Fig. free end of said girder, and additional struts con- 4, The stinemng Struts! are Connected to the nected with their free ends to saidcoverplate wall of the hull and strut l respectively by any and the main Struts. 45

suitable means such as by Welding or riveting. REGINALD PAULSEN.

The compression strains acting upon the bulk- 

